Box-pasting machine



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0. E. TITUS. BOX PASTING MACHINE.

No. 415.660. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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0. E. TITUS. BOX PASTING MAGHINE.

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; N. PETERS, PhulD-Lilhcgnphcr, Washingiun. D.- C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. TITUS, or WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOX-PASTINGMACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,660, dated November 19, 1889..

Application filed May 15, I889.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. TITUS, a citizen of the United States, residing at arren, in the county of Varren and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Box-Pasting Machines, of

which the following is a specification.

It is the purpose of my invention to provide a simple and easily-operated machine for applying a paper or cloth binding or strengthening strip to the angles of boxes either for the purpose of ornamentation or for securing the angles and stiffening the box. It is my object to so organize the mechvide means whereby cheap pasteboard boxes may be quickly, neatly, and economically constructed, having uniform size, accurate shape, and a considerable strength, said invention being also applicable to the trimming of cigar and otherboxes, or to the manufacture and ornamentation of boxes of any kind, form, or dimensions, provided the size does not greatly exceed that of the ordinary box for cigars and small articles of merchandise of various descriptions.-

The invention consists in the several novel features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire machine. Fig. 2 is a front elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same. Fig. i is an elevation taken from the lefthand end of the machine. Fig. 5 is an elevation taken from p the right-hand end. Fig. 0 is a perspective view of the form used in pasting covers.

In the drawings, the reference-numeral 1 designates the base-plate or frame of the machine, which may be mounted on any suitable supports, such as foot-pieces 2 From the rearwardly-extending portion of this frame rises a vertical plate 2, having a foot-flange 3, which is provided with apertures to receive bolts 4, the latter passing through slots 5 in Serial No. 810,899. (No model.)

the base-plate and receiving nuts upon their lower ends, whereby the plate 2 may be adj usted laterally or in a direction parallel with the front edge of the base-plate. Slots 2. are also formed in the foot-flange 3 at right an gles with the slots 5, whereby a forward and rearward adjustment of the plate or bracket 2'may be effected. Upon the upper end of the plate 2 is formed a horizontal plate 6, which joins a vertical plate 7, rising from the base of the plate 2 and standing at right angles With the middle portion thereof, to which it is joined. .The plate 7 preferably increases in width as it rises, and projects some distanceabove the horizontal piece 6.

Upon the face of the vertical plate 2, which stands at right angles with the front of the frame, are formed two vertical flanges 8, between which is insertedapaste-cup 9, formed of sheet metal or other suitable material, and provided with a lip 10 upon its rear wall, which hooks over a similar but u pwardlyturned lip 12 upon the plate 2. This pastecup may. be of any desired form and size; but at its bottom it is diminished in width to or nearly to the width of the paper or cloth strip to be applied to the box. The bottom of the cup is formed of an upwardly-curved strip 13, and slots 14 are formed in the side walls of the cup to permit the passage of the strip. These slots are preferably formed by leaving the extremities of the curved bottom piece unattached, and beneath the exit-opening for the strip is arranged a set -screw, tapped through a bracket 15 and bearing against the flexible end of the bottom piece, whereby the latter may be adjusted to exactly the proper pointto permit the passage of thestrip, control the tension thereon, and remove the-sur-g plus paste. The strip is taken from a roll or coil 16, mounted on an axis 17, projecting from the plate 2 behind the cup, and upon this axis is mounteda tension-plate 18, which is forced against the roll or coil by a jamnut 20.

Upon the front of the base-plate 1 is formed a narrow horizontal plate of suitable length, having upon its parallel edges narrow overhanging flanges 22: At the right-hand extremity of this way is mounted a standard or post 23, having footflanges passing beneath the flanges 22 and capable of alimited longitudinal adjustment in the way 21, this movement being limited by a stud depending from the foot of the standard and passing through a slot 24 in the way. A nut screwed on the lower end of this stud locks the standard at any point to which it is adjusted.

In the upper end of the post is formed a bearing 25, which receives a shaft 26, lying parallel with the way 21, and having upon its end a crank 27. Upon the other end of said shaft is mounted a rectangular form 28, of the size and shape of the box to be pasted, said form being provided with resting lugs or flanges29, adapted to support the edges of the box when the plane of its bottom is in the plane of the flat face 30 of the die. In the way 21 is arranged a movable standard 31, having journaled in its upper end a holdin di k 0 pl e 2, h h Stand ppo i the central portion of the vertical face of the die and parallel therewith. Passing through the extende eet-pie e 33 0 he stan a d is a locking-bol 3 wh ch ngag an. open ing 35 in the way 21., this engagement being effected a the m en hen h held is pressed clos y up a ain the h -bo m as it lies against the face 3.0 of the form. This bolt is drawn by a spring-actuated lever 36, ivote v 0.1 a 11. an nn c ed o an ey on the bOlt, the'spring 38 operating the lever te'threw the el tov th p 1 1 335 a matically.

In the manu a t e ef pe teh a d b xes the blanks fQl. the body portions are cut to uniform size and are then cor d at h ang thereby permitting the board to be brought to the required, re ahg la s ap is h Placed up n he form, wi h t e end serted beneath spring-clips 39, by yvhich they are firmly held. The square or other shaped eard. comp ing th ottom of h box s h laid against the vertical face of the form, and the support comprising the disk or plate 32 is moved up. nd force aga n t lh peratgr then seizes the end of the strip projecting from the b tt m o he pa eup a draws it forth from the latter, passing it bentbtll the die, which is adjusted in such maner that about half of the width of the strip overlies the body portion of the box. Applying the pasted surface thereto the crank 27 is turned until the strip is turned around the body of the box and lapped slightly at its ends, whereupon it is out 'off and the extremity neatly pressed in place. The operatornow, by a proper manipulation of the projecting edge of the strip, brings it over upon the edges of the bottom part, turning the form slowly to present each side in succession, and, if preferred, the projecting margin may be notched or cut at the angles, to give a neater and smoother appearance. The entire operation is quickly and easily performed and requires no special skill or experience, since the boxblanksare so accuratelyheld and the strip so guided as to demand no attention from the operator. The meeting edges or endsof the bod y-blank are pasted by a short strip, which may be taken froma separate paste-cup 40, mounted upon the upper part of the plate 7. This cup is the counterpart in all substantial particulars of the one described, but is arranged for convenience at right angles with the latter, the strip being taken from a bearing 41 on the plate 7, provided with suitable tension devices. The short strips pasted by this cup are cut and applied by hand after the bottom has been attached, although the order of the two operations may be reversed, if desired. The covers are pasted by the device shown in Fig. 6, which may be substituted for the form, the shaft 26 being unscrewed from the latter to permit its removal, and then screwed into a threaded central opening in the form-stock 42, carrying the form 4 which receives the cover-blank. The f rm may h for e f h et m ta ha our flange e o a u t e dth of he edges of the cover. In use the strip is applied to the cover in precisely the same manner as it is ppl ed, o he body end tt m e the b By this in n o bo e ef ehrkind n 0f el hap smey e q i ly, aply, nd n a y pa er erharh i any e r d mann a y pers ns po e sin 0 en ie Skil neri he in h art It w l be se th by he enet 'h ieh 0f the Past -esp 1Jhe flex ble strip pa es ov the ehrved bettem plate an s he eug y mea th Past even its. exp s d ur a le t r ceive l t if any aste 11 .9 1 the surface adjacent to said bottom plate.

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2- n e he -n n machine. th ombin tion, with a support for the trimming-strip and a a i for fo ca yin the he of e pe eun a ng we pposi ely-ar an side walls provided, respectively, with a slot and, a bottom piece having a flexible end which is adjustable vertically to and from i the upper edge otthe exit-slot, substantially at its upper end a support for pressing on the bo x-bottom and the other having at its upper a r a y haf rrying e rm o enter -w1 th n and carry the box, substantially as described.

4. In a box-pasting machine, the combination, with a rotary form supporting the box and provided with resting-lugs and springclips holding the ends of the body-blank, of a paste-cup through which the strip of paper or other material is drawn, and a tension device acting upon the coil or roll from which said strip is taken, substantially as described.

5. In a box-pasting machine, a paste-cup having in its bottom a curved plate thc'extrelnities of which are unattached to the walls of the cup to form entrance and exit openings for a flexible strip drawn through said cup and over the curved bottom plate, sub stantially as described.

6. In a box-pasting machine, a paste-cup having an upwardly-curved plate in its bottom, the ends of said plate being detached from the walls of the cup to form passages for a flexible strip lying on the curved bottom plate, in combination with a set-screw tapped through a bracket underhanging the exit of the plate and bearing against the same, substantially as described.

7. In a box-pasting machine, the combination, with a rotary form for the box mounted on an adjustable support, of a movable support for the box-bottom, a paste-cup having a curved bottom plate and provided at each end of said plate with passage-openings for a flexible strip, and a support for the paste-cup adjustable in two directions parallel with and at right angles to the adjustments of the rotary form, substantially as described.

8. I11 a box-pasting machine, the combination, with an adjustable standard, of a shaft carrying a rotary form having resting-lugs and spring-clips, a movable standard carrying a rotary support for the box-bottom and having a locking-bolt operated by a springactuated lever, a paste-cup mounted on an adjustable support and having a curved bottom plate, its ends detached from the walls of the cup, a set-screw bearing against the exit end of the said plate to adjust the width of the exit-opening, a support for the roll or coil from which the strip is taken, and anadjustable tension device acting upon said roll, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES 1Q. TITU'S. 

